Survivor

22×16 graphite and Nupastel on toned paper

It’s a challenge to create something someone might want to hang in their home.  It seems like the drawing either needs to wow the viewer with technical craftsmanship or else it needs to be someone they know or to remind them of someone they know.  In the end, I draw for my own pleasure, trying to simplify what I see, to capture the essential character of the person or their soul’s expression. There is a bit of glare from the graphite — the eye on the right is darker in the actual drawing.